What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballyvoyle is a fairy fort or ringfort in Ballyvoyle, County Waterford, Ireland. The 1999 inventory recorded the site in pasture on a west-facing slope overlooking the mouth of the Dalligan River, with the stream about 300 metres to the west and the sea about 400 metres to the southwest. A curve in a stone-revetted field bank at the west, about 30 metres across, may respect the outline of an enclosure that the same inventory recorded as otherwise not visible at ground level.

Situated in pasture on a W-facing slope overlooking the mouth of the N-S Dalligan River, with the stream c. 300m to the W and the sea c. 400m to the SW. It is listed as the site of a ‘lios’ in the 1930s (NMI file). A curve in a stone-revetted field bank at W (C c. 30m) may respect the outline of an enclosure, which is otherwise not visible at ground level. Cairn (WA032-023----) is c. 150m to the SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 26th September, 2011.

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